Patents by Inventor Vineet Binodshanker Sinha

Vineet Binodshanker Sinha has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240135294
    Abstract: A building system of a building including one or more storage devices storing instructions thereon that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate one or more recommendations for improving one or more building scores, the one or more recommendations including a prediction of an increase to a level of the one or more building scores or a decrease to the level of the one or more building scores. The instructions cause the one or more processors to cause the display device of the user device of the user to display the one or more recommendations and receive, via the display device, a selection of one recommendation of the one or more recommendations via the display device from the user and operate the one or more building systems based on one or more operating settings of the one recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Ravindra Ramanand Warake, Shawn D. Schubert, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Joseph S. Stangarone, Nicole A. Madison, Kerry M. Bell
  • Publication number: 20240134869
    Abstract: A method of ranking recommendations includes receiving a recommendation to improve asset utilization of at least one asset, detecting, via one or more user interfaces, user interaction with one or more other recommendations related to the recommendation, the user interaction indicating user interest in the one or more other recommendations related to the recommendation, calculating a score for the recommendation based on the user interest in the one or more other recommendations related to the recommendation, and performing an action that affects a utilization of the at least one asset based on at least one of the score or the recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Rajesh Nayak, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Joe S. Stangarone
  • Patent number: 11902375
    Abstract: A system for commissioning a model, comprising one or more processing circuits configured to identify a first plurality of data points in the building, automatically tag at least a portion of the first plurality of data points with one or more first tags using context data extracted from and/or associated with the data points, the one or more entities comprising one or more of building equipment, building spaces, people, or events, identify at least one of the first plurality of data points for manual review and generate one or more suggested tags for the at least one data point, receive feedback from the manual review, and receive a second plurality of data points in the building and automatically tag at least a portion of the second plurality of data points with one or more second tags using the feedback from the manual review.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Terrill R. Laughton, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Mike Sheffer, Todd A. Dishman, Karl F. Reichenberger
  • Patent number: 11886447
    Abstract: A method of ranking recommendations comprising receiving a recommendation to improve space utilization of a space, retrieving context data associated with the space, the context data including data describing previous user interest in other recommendations related to the recommendation and at least one of: data describing a current space utilization for the space, data describing a number of recommendations that are associated with the space, data describing environmental preferences of first individuals associated with the space or a building including the space, or data describing an organizational grouping of second individuals associated with the space or the building, calculating a score for the recommendation based on the previous user interest and the at least one of: the current space utilization, the number of recommendations, the environmental preferences, or the organizational grouping, and performing an action based on the score using at least one of the score or the recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Rajesh Nayak, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Joe S Stangarone
  • Publication number: 20230353637
    Abstract: A system for commissioning a model, comprising one or more processing circuits configured to identify a first plurality of data points in the building, automatically tag at least a portion of the first plurality of data points with one or more first tags using context data extracted from and/or associated with the data points, the one or more entities comprising one or more of building equipment, building spaces, people, or events, identify at least one of the first plurality of data points for manual review and generate one or more suggested tags for the at least one data point, receive feedback from the manual review, and receive a second plurality of data points in the building and automatically tag at least a portion of the second plurality of data points with one or more second tags using the feedback from the manual review.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Terrill R. Laughton, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Mike Sheffer, Todd A. Dishman, Karl F. Reichenberger
  • Publication number: 20230280059
    Abstract: A system includes a unit of building equipment serving a building and including a heating, ventilation, or cooling component and onboard circuitry configured to execute a configuration routine stored on the circuitry which automatically configures parameters of the rooftop unit based on the signals received from sensors and devices at the building. The system also includes a cloud system communicably connectable to the onboard circuitry and configured to influence the configuration routine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Abu Bakr Khan, Trent M. Swanson, Sastry Malladi, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Tazmin Pirani, Rajesh Venkat, Miguel Galvez, Eric G. Lang
  • Publication number: 20230280061
    Abstract: A rooftop unit includes a housing, air conditioning components coupled to the housing, and circuitry enclosed within and/or coupled to the housing and programmed to execute a control logic for the air conditioning components, an expression-based event processing logic, and a machine learning algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Abu Bakr Khan, Trent M Swanson, Sastry Malladi, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Tazmin Pirani, Rajesh Venkat, Miguel Galvez, Eric G. Lang
  • Publication number: 20230280771
    Abstract: A rooftop unit includes a housing, air conditioning components coupled to the housing and onboard circuitry enclosed within and/or coupled to the housing. The onboard circuitry is programmed to receive data from a plurality of data sources communicably coupled to the onboard circuitry. The data is received in a plurality of different formats according to a plurality different protocols. The onboard circuitry is also configured to translate the data from the plurality of formats into a common data format and perform operations onboard the rooftop unit using the data in the common data format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP.
    Inventors: Abu Bakr Khan, Trent M. Swanson, Sastry Malladi, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Tazmin Pirani, Rajesh Venkat, Miguel Galvez, Eric G. Lang
  • Publication number: 20230280708
    Abstract: A system includes a cloud system in communication with a first unit of building equipment and a second unit of building equipment and configured to aggregate event data from a first unit of building equipment at a first building comprising first onboard circuitry configured to perform first onboard event processing to generate the event data for the first unit building equipment and a second unit of building equipment at a second building comprising second onboard circuitry configured to configured to perform the second onboard event processing to generate event data for the second unit building equipment. The cloud system is also configured to provide a user interface comprising a view of the aggregated event data for the first unit of building equipment and the second unit of building equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Abu Bakr Khan, Trent M Swanson, Sastry Malladi, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Tazmin Pirani, Rajesh Venkat, Miguel Galvez, Eric G. Lang
  • Publication number: 20230204241
    Abstract: A building system operates to receive building data from one or more building data sources associated with the building, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building and generate, based on the building data, one or more data quality indicators for the building data received from the one or more building data sources, the one or more data quality indicators indicating quality levels of the building data. The building system operates to generate user interface data configured to cause a user device to display a user interface providing indications of the one or more data quality indicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: SHAWN D. SCHUBERT, VINEET BINODSHANKER SINHA, MOHAMMAD N. ELBSAT, MICHAEL J. WENZEL, KIRK H. DREES
  • Publication number: 20230110033
    Abstract: A building system that operates to receive a plurality of data samples from building equipment of the building and identity whether one or more data samples of the plurality of data samples are anomalous indicating that one or more pieces of the building equipment are possibly experiencing a fault. The building system operates to generate one or more data health scores for the building equipment based on whether the one or more data samples are anomalous, the one or more data health scores indicating quality levels of the plurality of data samples and generate user interface data configured to cause a user device to display a user interface providing indications of the one or more pieces of building equipment that are possibly experiencing the fault and the one or more data health scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: SHAWN D. SCHUBERT, VINEET BINODSHANKER SINHA, MOHAMMAD N. ELBSAT, MICHAEL J. WENZEL, KIRK H. DREES
  • Publication number: 20230115095
    Abstract: A building system operates to receive a first building health indicator indicating a health level of the building and a second building health indicator indicating the health level of the building, the first building health indicator generated based on a first methodology defined by a first entity and the second building health indicator generated based on a second methodology defined by a second entity different from the first entity, the first building health indicator and the second building health indicator generated based on building data. The building system operates to generate user interface data configured to cause a user device to display a user interface indicating the first building health indicator and the second building health indicator together on a display of the user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Shawn D. Schubert, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Robbie G. Davis
  • Publication number: 20230111459
    Abstract: A building system that operates to receive building data from one or more building systems of the building, the building data including data of a plurality of disparate building parameters, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building and receive an indication of an external performance model, the external performance model defining a methodology for determining operational performance of the building, the external performance model defined by a second entity different from the first entity. The building system operates to generate one or more operational performance indicators with the external performance model and the building data and generate a user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Shawn D. Schubert, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha
  • Publication number: 20230114427
    Abstract: A building system that operates to receive building data from one or more building systems of the building, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building and generate, based on the building data, a plurality of building health scores of the building, wherein an overall building health score is based on a combination of the plurality of building health scores. The building system operates to receive user feedback regarding the plurality of building health scores via one or more user devices, determine whether the user feedback confirms or denies an accuracy of the plurality of health scores, and generate a user interface and cause the user interface to display an indication of whether the user feedback confirms the accuracy of the plurality of building health scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Shawn D. Schubert, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Kevin D. Potter
  • Publication number: 20230094692
    Abstract: An environmental control system for a building, the system including a vent. The vent includes one or more louvers configured to change position between an open position and a closed position to permit air from the air duct to enter a zone of the building or stop the air from entering the zone and a vent circuit configured to operate the one or more louvers based on one or more control commands. The system includes a controller device including a processing circuit configured to receive a selection of an operating profile from a plurality of predefined operating profiles for the vent, each of the plurality of predefined operating profiles indicating an intended use of the zone, determine, based on the operating profile, the one or more control commands, and cause the vent circuit to operate the one or more louvers based on the one or more control commands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Karl F. Reichenberger
  • Patent number: 11598544
    Abstract: A building system operates to receive building data from one or more building data sources associated with the building, wherein at least a portion of the building data is associated with control of the one or more environmental conditions of the building and generate, based on the building data, one or more data quality indicators for the building data received from the one or more building data sources, the one or more data quality indicators indicating quality levels of the building data. The building system operates to generate user interface data configured to cause a user device to display a user interface providing indications of the one or more data quality indicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: JOHNSON CONTROLS TYCO IP HOLDINGS LLP
    Inventors: Shawn D. Schubert, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Mohammad N. Elbsat, Michael J. Wenzel, Kirk H. Drees
  • Patent number: 11525597
    Abstract: An environmental control system for a building, the system including a vent. The vent includes one or more louvers configured to change position between an open position and a closed position to permit air from the air duct to enter a zone of the building or stop the air from entering the zone and a vent circuit configured to operate the one or more louvers based on one or more control commands. The system includes a controller device including a processing circuit configured to receive a selection of an operating profile from a plurality of predefined operating profiles for the vent, each of the plurality of predefined operating profiles indicating an intended use of the zone, determine, based on the operating profile, the one or more control commands, and cause the vent circuit to operate the one or more louvers based on the one or more control commands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
    Inventors: Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Karl F. Reichenberger
  • Publication number: 20220300871
    Abstract: A method of ranking recommendations, the method comprising receiving a recommendation to improve employee productivity, the recommendation including an indication of an equipment fault, retrieving context data associated with the equipment fault, the context data including at least three of: a fault priority associated with the equipment fault, a work order status for a work order associated with the equipment fault, a priority associated with at least one of (i) a piece of equipment, (ii) a space, or (iii) an individual associated with the equipment fault, a monetary value associated with the equipment fault, or a health parameter associated with the equipment fault, calculating a score for the recommendation based on the at least three of: the fault priority, the work order status, the priority, the monetary value, or the health parameter, and performing an action based on the score using at least one of the score or the recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Rajesh Nayak, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Tulshiram Waghmare
  • Publication number: 20220300521
    Abstract: A method of ranking recommendations comprising receiving a recommendation to improve space utilization of a space, retrieving context data associated with the space, the context data including data describing previous user interest in other recommendations related to the recommendation and at least one of: data describing a current space utilization for the space, data describing a number of recommendations that are associated with the space, data describing environmental preferences of first individuals associated with the space or a building including the space, or data describing an organizational grouping of second individuals associated with the space or the building, calculating a score for the recommendation based on the previous user interest and the at least one of: the current space utilization, the number of recommendations, the environmental preferences, or the organizational grouping, and performing an action based on the score using at least one of the score or the recommendation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Rajesh Nayak, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Joe S. Stangarone
  • Publication number: 20220303339
    Abstract: A system for commissioning a model, comprising one or more processing circuits configured to identify a first plurality of data points in the building, automatically tag at least a portion of the first plurality of data points with one or more first tags using context data extracted from and/or associated with the data points, the one or more entities comprising one or more of building equipment, building spaces, people, or events, identify at least one of the first plurality of data points for manual review and generate one or more suggested tags for the at least one data point, receive feedback from the manual review, and receive a second plurality of data points in the building and automatically tag at least a portion of the second plurality of data points with one or more second tags using the feedback from the manual review.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Terrill R. Laughton, Vineet Binodshanker Sinha, Mike Sheffer, Todd A. Dishman, Karl F. Reichenberger